Re: [open-cobol-list] OC on Win XP

[michael]

Did you run 'vcredist_x86.exe' ?

What version of Windows are you on?

If Vista, then you may need to disable the file system security, User
Account Control UAC, I think.

You're right, a fool-proof installer for OC on Windows would be nice. Know
anyone with the ability and the time to take care of that for us ;-)

Mike.


>
> I followed the above instructions starting with the download and indeed
> got
> the same results from
> cobc -V
> The problem occurs later on.  I try to compile the simplest "Hello world"
> program  (resident in c:\Open Cobol and it blows up on "cl" the same as
> before.
>
> If we have any hope of widespread adoption of Open COBOL in the Windows
> world
> then we have to  come up with a simplified and more foolproof install
> procedure
> for Windows based machines.
>
> I have a method to my madness. I write books. A quality book on COBOL
> costs
> about $100. I can write a concise book on COBOL which replaces these, and
> costs a small fraction of $100, but I want to offer the prospect of a free
> and
> standards compliant compiler.  Open Cobol certainly fills the bill. But
> Windows
> installation is a bear. I still haven't mastered it.
>
> I will give Open on Windows one more shot, and if I can't make it work
> I'll
> have to rethink my strategy.
> --
> John Culleton
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